All over the news today was the story about U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer being robbed at knife-point in his vacation home in Nevis. Immediately, there were commentaries questioning the safety of travel to the Caribbean. Having recently returned from nine days on Nevis, I have to say that I never feared for my safety or felt uncomfortable, and we traveled all over the island. People should no doubt exercise caution for their own safety wherever they go, but it seems to be an over reaction to suggest that one should not travel there. If that were the case, many U.S. cities would rarely see visitors. Even Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which most people would consider safe, saw over 2600 victims of violent crime in 2011 and over 13,000 property crime victims, and those numbers are reportedly down from previous years. Be appropriately cautious, but if you never travel because you fear the worst, you’ll lose so much more.